2021-10-11 County Manager UpdateCounty Manager Update
October 11, 2021
11:01 a.m.
Present: Commissioner Pollock, Commissioner Swope, County Manager Erik Martin, Becky Butler, Chris
Panush, Alison Puckett, Austin Majors, Josh Metcalf, Tammy Martin, Rieva Lester, Katie Conradi, Lee
Napier, Tom Stanton
Guests: Nic Scott, Eric Rosane
Recorder: Lara McRea
Budget
Becky Butler noted the second round of budget meetings are scheduled for Monday, October 18. She
will also send the board some information regarding the upcoming budget amendment, which will be
noticed tomorrow during the business meeting.
Legislative Roundtable meeting
The board decided to reschedule the legislative roundtable meeting to Friday, November 5 at 9:00 a.m.
in place of the Mayor’s meeting.
Calendars
Rieva Lester said the BOCC business meeting for November 16 has been canceled.
Redistricting
Rieva reported that the office is currently looking at hearing dates for redistricting. The proposed
hearing date is Tuesday, December 21 or Tuesday, December 28. The PA’s Office is reviewing the
proposed dates to determine if they meet RCW requirements.
Broadband
The group briefly discussed questions for the broadband proposals. Commissioner Pollock noted she is
interested in receiving quality answers from the firms.
Clerk of the Board position
Erik Martin said he is requesting a pay increase for the Clerk of the Board employee effective Oct. 1 due
to grade penetration. The board noted they had reviewed the information and are in favor of the
increase.
Childcare needs survey
Erik reported that the county received many responses from employees and Public Health is currently
looking at the preliminary information. He noted that there have been some good ideas received from
the responses.
Commissioner Pollock expressed her appreciation of the survey and reaching out to the employees.
DELTAWRX Contract
Erik briefly reviewed Deltawrx’s contract proposal for phase 2 of the 911 project, which will be put
forward through a resolution.
He discussed the funding and recommended the contract cost be paid from the 911 fund. He has also
had prelim conversation with Scott Smitherman regarding the funding.
Erik will discuss the proposed contract with the Combined User Committee (CUC) group at their
upcoming meeting.
Other
Erik discussed that he may be looking at a different structure for his county manager meeting and how
information is brought forward to the board.
Meeting adjourned at 11:13 p.m.